The intelligence wing of Central Excise, Cuttack, on Sunday arrested a youth and recovered brown sugar worth around Rs50 lakh in the Gajapatinagar area here.Acting on a tip-off, the intelligence wing personnel raided the house of one Sunil Behera and seized the contraband from his possession.
Ahead of the Puja festival, the intelligence wing has intensified its search operation in various areas in the State to check illegal transportation of brown sugar and other contrabands.Notably, the Excise and police officials had recently seized about 1.5 kg of brown sugar worth Rs 1.5 crore and arrested one Panchanan Das in the district.